Microbiology - Gut defence

被引:14
作者
Ganz, T [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, David Geffen Sch Med, Dept Med, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
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D O I
10.1038/422478a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 [理学]; 0710 [生物学]; 09 [农学];
摘要
The severity of salmonella infections depends in part on how effectively the invaders are destroyed. Incisive experiments now show that host defence in the intestine centres on the aptly named defensins.
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